Pentecost Sunday
Memorial Sunday
May 28, 2023
This page has links to information used or encountered in preparing this online service. Topics for Today
Wikipedia is a frequent source
for information in these articles. Pentecost
The Day of Pentecost
Pentecost before Pentecost
Pentecost
a Wikipedia article with many
Traditions of Pentecost Aldersgate Day
All About
Walking Tour
Memorial Day
Memorial Day
A History of Memorial Day
8 Things You May not Know about Memorial Day
One of the Earliest Memorial Day Celebrations
History of the Red Poppy
Memorial Day,
article from wikipedia
The Great Commission
Great Commission from wikipedia
What Was the Great Commission?
What is the Great Commission?
What Became of the Apostles?
The following documents,
from a Bethel Sunday School class several years ago,
provide some answers to this question...in two formats:
Format 1... Format 2
...and from that small band, billions profess their faith today. Bethel Worship Planning Documents
2023 Monthly Worship Calendar
2023 RCL 2 page Summary
Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2023 Annual Program Planning worksheet
Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Weekly Worship Planning Series
This is the First service of a 2 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the services of the Series.
Note: This material from UDM is not the basis for today's message
but is provided here for your personal study and reflection. Click here for suggestions about how to use this material.
The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the services of the Series.
Note: This material from UDM is not the basis for today's message
but is provided here for your personal study and reflection. Click here for suggestions about how to use this material.
Worship Series: "When God Came Down Like Fire"
from umcdiscipleship.org
Pentecost is both an event in the life of the church and a season that lives out the implications
of the event. Pentecost Sunday marks the shift in the liturgical calendar from telling the story of
Jesus, our Messiah and Savior, to telling the story of the church, the ones who choose to be
disciples of Jesus the Christ. It doesn’t mean, of course, that we stop talking about Jesus or that
the church doesn’t appear in the first half of the liturgical year. It does mean that this long
season we sometimes call Ordinary Time is our time, the church’s time to remember the sending of
the Great Commission and the empowerment of the Pentecost event and to live our faith out loud in
the world, reflecting the values and priorities of the kin-dom of God. To shore us up for the long
journey ahead of us, we remember the sending. We remember the moment when fire came from heaven and
the power of the Spirit blew through the church with gale-force winds. And then we stop in
adoration and awe as we consider the source of this power and the sustaining presence that is ours
in this endeavor of faith. So, a short, two-week series this time, Pentecost Sunday and Trinity
Sunday together. Join us as we remember together the time when God came like fire.
This Service's Theme: "He Breathed on Them"Liturgical Resources
Pentecost calls for celebration, for signs and symbols of a God who pushes through, who rushes in
when it seems all is lost.
Worship Planning NotesPreaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Psalm 104:24-34; Acts 2:1-21; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23; John 7:37-39
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
- UMH CD.....UDM - DM Accompaniment.....
MM/DD/YY - Recorded Service
Hymns Considered For this week:
328 -
. Verses - Hymn: Surely the Presence of
the Lord is in This Place .
(06/09/19)
332 -
. Verses - Hymn: Spirit of Faith, Come Down
393 -
. Verses - Hymn: Spirit of the Living God .
(01/13/19)
420 -
. Verses - Hymn: Breathe on Me Breath of
God
537 -
. Verses - Hymn: Filled with the Spirit's
Power
558 -
. Verses - Hymn: We Are the Church
2241 -
. Verses - Hymn: The Spirit Sends Us
Forth to Serve